Skegness Log: 26-04-15 (FM)

Band 2 Sporadic E:
 89.5 1203  I  RTL 102.5, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5218 RTL102.5  1671km
 89.9 1203  I  Radio Italia Anni 60, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 52DD R_______  1851km
 90.4 1203  I  Radionorba, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5353 R-NORBA_  1828km
 90.6 1203  I  Radionorba, Matera/Contrada Tempa Rossa (mt) 5353 R-NORBA_  1850km **
 92.4 1203  I  Radio Laser-inBlu, Matera/Contrada Murgia Trasano (mt) 1203  1851km
 93.3 1203  I  Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana, Gravina in Puglia (ba) 5220 __ITALIA
               1828km
 87.9 1204  I  Love FM, Canosa di Puglia (bt) 5A71 LOVE_FM_  1774km
 92.9 1204  I  Radio Deejay, Gravina in Puglia/Murgia di Serraficaia (ba) 5214  1828km
 87.6 1205  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Pomarico/Contrada Serra (mt) 5264  1861km **
 87.8 1205  I  Ritmo 80, Corato/Contrada Murgetta (ba) 5A72  1797km
 88.3 1205  I  Radio Deejay, Corato/Monte Ripanno (ba) 5214  1796km
 92.7 1205  I  RAI Radio2, Pomarico (RAI) (mt) 5202 _RADI_2_  1858km
 90.0 1206  I  Radio Delta 1, Vasto (ch) 535E __DELT__  1629km
 93.9 1207  I  Radio Cuore (Marche), Senigallia/Via delle Cone (an) 522F __CU__E_  1407km **
 95.4 1207  I  Radio Cuore (Marche), Montecosaro-Castellano (mc) 522F __CU__E_  1468km **
 97.9 1207  I  Virgin Radio, Bernalda (mt) Jingle ID  1878km **
 87.7 1209  I  Radio Capital, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5219 _CAPIT__
               1384km **
 87.9 1209  I  R101, Fano/Località Metaurilia-Monte Schiantello (pu) 5215 and vocal ID  1396km **
 88.1 1209  I  Radio Linea Numero Uno, Pineto/Colle Morino (te) 5388 __NEA_n1  1549km
 88.6 1209  I  Radio 105 Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5211 __105___
               1384km **
 89.2 1209  I  Radio Esmeralda, Fano/Eremo di Monte Giove (pu) 5077 __MERA__  1391km
 89.2 1209  I  RAI Radio1, Pescara/San Silvestro (RAI) (pe) 5801 _R______  1576km **
 89.5 1209  I  Radio Cuore (Marche), Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 522F
               __CU____  1384km **
 92.3 1209  I  RAI Radio3, Sirolo/Monte Conero (RAI) (an) 5203 _RAD__3_  1445km **
 92.4 1209  I  Arancia Network, Martinsicuro/Colle Marzio (te) 5571  1519km **
 92.9 1209  I  Arancia Network, Pesaro/Frazione Novilara-Strada Leccia (pu) 5571 __an____
               1384km **
 87.5 1210  I  Radionorba, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5353 R-NORBA_  1671km
 88.3 1210  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5264
               1705km **
 88.6 1210  I  RAI Radio1, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5201  1698km
 89.1 1210  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Bari/Viale Unitá d´Italia 17 (ba) 5214 _DEEJAY_
               1824km
 89.1 1210  I  Radio Deejay, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5214 _DEEJAY_  1705km
 89.3 1210  I  Radio Deejay, Ripacandida (pz) 5214 _D____Y_  1787km **
 90.7 1210  I  RAI Radio2, Motta Montecorvino/Monte Sambuco (RAI) (fg) 5202 __RAI___ _RADIO2_
               1698km **
 91.1 1210  I  Radio Cattolica-inBlu, Volturino (fg) 4000 CATOLICA _RADIO__   1705km **
 91.3 1210  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Foggia (fg) 5264  1729km **
 91.4 1210  I  RDS - Radio Dimensione Suono, Borrello/Località Fornesca (ch) 5264 _DEEJA__
               1625km **
 92.4 1210  I  RTL 102.5, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5218 RT____.5  1705km **
 92.5 1210  I  Radio Subasio, Giulianova/Via Amendola (te) 53FD  1532km **
 92.8 1210  I  Radio Studio 5, Pescara/San Silvestro (pe) 533D STUDIO_5  1575km **
 93.3 1210  I  Jonica Radio, Colobraro (mt) Presumed site 5396 JONICA_R  1885km **
 90.5 1211  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Molfetta (ba) 5225 KISSKISS  1802km **
 91.4 1211  I  Radio Deejay, Casacalenda/Contrada Cerro del Ruccolo (cb) 5214 _DEEJAY_  1671km **
 92.6 1211  I  Radio Studio 5, Bomba/Monte Pallano (ch) 533D  1618km
 93.3 1211  I  Radionorba, Volturino/Contrada Monte Guardia (fg) 5353  1705km
 87.7 1212  I  Radio Potenza Centrale, Spinoso/Serra di Spinoso (pz) 530B  1858km
 88.1 1212  I  RAI Radio1, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5201 ____I___  1618km
 88.3 1212  I  Radio Amicizia-inBlu, Rutigliano/S.S. Rutigliano Conversano-Area Produttiva (ba)
               5353  1842km **
 89.6 1212  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Foggia/Via G. Calvanese, 35 (fg) 5225   1728km **
 90.3 1212  I  Radio Radicale, Teramo/Colle Izzone (te) 5210 RA______  1531km **
 90.7 1212  I  Radio Kiss Kiss, Rossano (cs) 5225 KISSKISS  1953km
 92.1 1212  I  RAI Radio3, Bomba/Monte Pallano (Archi) (RAI) (ch) 5203  1618km **
 88.6 1214  I  Radio Delta 1, Roccamorice-Maiella-Fonte Tettone (pe) 545E ___79_IL  1594km
 93.3 1217  I  Radio 105 Network, Pretoro-Maiella/Località Mirastelle (ch) 5211  1595km

** Personal Skegness 'First'

Unidentified:
 87.5 1210  I  Radio Ascona, Unlisted Clear vocal ID in pile-up

As explained elsewhere, I had only two 'live' loggings from this opening, but all 20 minutes or so were recorded for later playback, where I discovered the rest of the stations. There were also the usual "multi-tx" catches, which I omitted.

I won't be recording and playing back many openings this way as this one took me almost four hours and it was only a meagre opening compared to a mid-season frenzy. It would be sensible to concentrate on recording only the more interesting openings, unless time permits.

Good DX!

John Faulkner
Skegness, Lincolnshire (JO03dd) <3m ASL.
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Receivers:
Elad FDM-S2 (Meteor Scatter)
Sony XDR-F1HD with Konrad i2c mod. (Tropo/Scatter)

Aerials:
Körner 9.2 @ 5.5 metres agl. QTH is 3 metres asl.
Triax FM3, one metre above the ground as a phasing antenna.
Fringe Electronics 20dB & Labgear 30dB band 2 pre-amps.
HS Publications Antenna Phaser.

Software:
Elad FDM-SW2, SDR Console File Analyser & RDS Spy via VAC.
XDR-GTK v0.3.1 for the Sony XDR-F1HD

Rotator:
Yaesu G-5500 azimuth & elevation rotator, allowing antenna to be vertical, horizontal, etc.